All articles by Josephine Smit

  • cybersecurity
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    It’s not a case of if, but when – firms face growing cyber attack threat

    2022-04-11T06:00:00Z

    With attacks increasing in both frequency and sophistication, firms are under pressure to bolster their security. Josephine Smit reports

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    Lessons of the Nightingales: how covid changed construction

    2022-03-02T07:00:00Z

    A range of pandemic-prompted innovations have changed industry practice for good. Josephine Smit talks to those who led the way

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    What is the legacy of the Nightingales?

    2022-03-02T05:00:00Z

    A range of pandemic-prompted innovations have changed industry practice for good. Josephine Smit talks to those who led the way

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    Construction seizes chance to make it in the movies

    2022-02-08T08:23:00Z

    The UK’s film and TV studios have struggled to meet booming demand for production space, triggering a wave of interest from investors and developers 

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    Market overview: Film studios

    2022-01-26T05:00:00Z

    In the latest of ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Boardroom’s market overviews, Josephine Smit looks at the booming UK film and TV studio sector

  • Symmetry Park Bicester
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    Interview: Andrew Dickman and Kevin Theobold of Tritax Symmetry

    2021-10-28T05:00:00Z

    ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Boardroom talks to the director and construction head at one of the UK’s biggest deliverers of logistics facilities about the changing demands of the market and how Tritax Symmetry plans to meet them. Josephine Smit reports

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    Market overview: Later living

    2021-09-01T05:00:00Z

    In ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Boardroom’s latest market overview, Josephine Smit looks at the later living sector, which in the UK is starting from a small base but has enormous growth potential, especially with a recent rush of investor interest

  • Carrowbreck Meadows
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    Government policy: end-of-year review

    2021-08-12T05:00:00Z

    With the parliamentary year having drawn to a close, ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Boardroom looks back on the changes it has brough to government policy on design and construction. Josephine Smit reports

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    Market overview: Green travel infrastructure

    2021-07-27T05:00:00Z

    The latest ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Boardroom market overview examines the move towards active travel infrastructure such as cycleways and pedestrianised thoroughfares, and the variety of funding streams in place to drive this. Josephine Smit reports

  • John Tonkiss McCarthy Stone
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    Interview: John Tonkiss of McCarthy Stone

    2021-07-19T05:00:00Z

    Later living is an obvious growth area in housebuilding. ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Boardroom talks with the chief exec of one of the UK’s biggest players in the sector about its evolving strategy on tenure, MMC and the supply chain

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    Interview: Bruntwood SciTech’s Peter Crowther

    2021-07-05T05:00:00Z

    ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Boardroom investigates the booming science and technology market, talking to the property director of a leading developer in the field. Josephine Smit reports

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    Market overview: Healthcare

    2021-07-01T05:00:00Z

    With extra funding in the pipeline to build dozens of new hospitals and tackle the rapidly growing maintenance backlog, plus a new procurement framework soon to be in place, healthcare is a major focus for construction this year

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    A busted flush

    2006-09-11T13:00:00Z

    The Decent Homes programme means avocado bath suites are out and water-saving dual-flush loos are in, but ultra-eco-friendly technology in the home does have its downsides...

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    Join the queue

    2005-12-02T00:00:00Z

    The anticipated sale of Westbury to rival Persimmon may improve the housebuilding sector’s standing in the City, but it could also lead to the loss of hundreds of jobs – if Persimmon’s track record is anything to go by.

  • PPG tips: A mixed-tenure scheme in St Mary’s Village, east London
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    Housebuilders reject ODPM’s latest revision of PPG3

    2005-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Top industry executives and consultants meet civil servants to argue against second draft of planning rules

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    Berkeley shocks City with urban regeneration switch

    2004-07-02T00:00:00Z

    City applauds Pidgley's decision to pull out of traditional housebuilding and corner regeneration market

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    The taste temptation

    2004-06-25T00:00:00Z

    Once dismissed by housebuilders as a diversion, optional extras are now seen as a way of luring the customer into shelling out for the show home look. We look at ways you can cook up business

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    Inside: Now/Next

    2004-06-25T00:00:00Z

    Is it a wall or is it a window? Some designs may get you guessing, but only about the back of the house – house fronts remain traditional.

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    Public rejects high-density living

    2004-06-25T00:00:00Z

    The government's policy of promoting high-density urban living has been hit by research that reveals that 80% of the public would prefer not to live in apartments

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    Something about pete

    2004-06-25T00:00:00Z

    How does a 34-year-old accountant with no real previous get the top of one of the country's largest housebuilders? Well, as we found out, a brain the size of a planet helps …